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Winston- Salem,

42 Claims.

The invention relates generally to bag or box making machinery of the turret mandrel carrier type and primarily seeks to provide a novel machine structure embodying means for feeding a web of material, preferably heavy foil, means for severing uniform blank lengths from the web, and means for forming the blank lengths into bags or cup-like structures open at the top and closed at the bottom and sides.

An object of the invention is to provide a machine of the character stated which includes a novel turret structure in which is embodied a plurality of mandrels disposed radially and in cquidistantly spaced relation, and means for indexing the turret about a horizontal axis to present the mandrels at successive stations at which the various folding operations necessary in the formation of the bags or cups are performed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel web feeding and cutting mechanism including a novel blank length registering means for assuring the severance of the blank lengths at predetermined points.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for applying a suitable adhesive to the portions of the web or blank sections intended to engage in the formed bag or cup in a manner for avoiding gumming of machine parts and yet for assuring secure adhesion of said portions.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel body clamp equipment for clamping the blanks or bag body portions to the mandrels during formation of the bags, and novel means for actuating said clamps.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel first or side fold mechanism positioned at one station to which the mandrels are moved and which'includes a pair of folder wings normally spaced in parallel relation and effective to start the first folding operation by side contact as the mandrel and the blank clamped thereto move between the stationary Wings, and means effective to swing the wings about individual axes to complete the first folding operaing the bottom of the bags or cup-like containers, and novel means for actuating said mechanism.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel bottom pressing mechanisms.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel seam setting means.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for Y-creasing the bag sides adjacent the open mouths thereof so as to facilitate subsequent closing.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for stripping the formed bags or cup-like containers from the mandrels on which they were formed.

With these and other objects in view which Will more fully appear, the nature of the invention will be more clearly understood by following the description, the appended claims, and the several views illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged front elevation illustrating the mandrel carrying turret and the several folding mechanisms.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation.

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical cross section taken in part through the axis of the mandrel carrying turret.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary front elevation illustrating the seam and bottom fold setting roller and plate equipments and actuating devices therefor.

Figure 6 is a right side elevation of the parts shown in Figure 5.

Figures 7 and 8 are front and inverted plan views illustrating the stationary bottom fold pressing roller mounting bracket.

Figure 9 is a detail vertical cross section illustrating the mounting of one of the setting rollers on said bracket. 1

Figure 10 is a rear elevation of the foil supply roll mounting unit.

Figure 11 is a front elevation of said unit.

Figure 12 is a plan view of said unit.

Figure 13 is a vertical longitudinal section through the axis of the foil web supply roll,

Figure 14 is a plan View illustrating the Web feeding, cutting and pasting unit.

Figure 15 is a right hand elevation of the unit shown in Figure 14.

Figure 16 is a rear elevation of a portion of the unit shown in Figure 14 and illustrating the feeding roller drive connections.

Figure 17 is a central vertical longitudinal section taken through the unit illustrated in Figure 14.

Figure 13 is a vertical cross section taken substantially on the line I8-I8 on Figure 14.

Figure 19 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on the line I9-I9 on Figure 18.

Figure 20 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on the line 20-20 on Figure 18.

Figure 21 is a perspective view illustrating the paste applying blade equipments and the plate which supports the foil web against the upward thrust of the transverse blade equipments.

Figure 22 is a detail perspective View illustrating the unit for Y-creasing the formed bags.

Figure 23 is a detail perspective view of one of the Y-creasing plates.

Figure 24 is a detail perspective view illustrating a finished bag.

Figure 25 is a fragmentary edge view illustrating how the Y-creasing facilitates flat closing of the bag mouth.

Figure 26 is a detail view illustrating a foil blank, the lines of fold being indicated thereon by dot and dash lines.

Figure 27 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the foil web illustrating the slits therein defining the blank lengths.

Figure 28 is a fragmentary vertical cross section illustrating the knife actuating cam.

Figure 29 is a somewhat diagrammatic horizontal section illustrating the drive connections of the cam shafts.

Figure 30 is a fragmentary right side elevation illustrating the first fold unit actuating connections.

Figure 31 is a fragmentary horizontal section illustrating the relation of the eccentric actuator gears of the first fold unit.

Figures 32 and 33 are fragmentary horizontal sections illustrating successive steps of the first folding operation.

Figure 34 is a somewhat diagrammatic front elevation illustrating the operation of the body clamp controlling cam.

Figure 35 is a somewhat diagrammatic front elevation illustrating the operation of the seam clamp controlling cam.

Figure 36 is a fragmentary right side elevation illustrating the bottom folding mechanism.

Figure 37 is a detail vertical cross section taken on the line 3'I-3'I on Figure 36.

Figure 38 is a front elevation of the parts illustrated in Figure 36.

Figure 39 is a plan view and part horizontal section of one of the form or mandrel units.

Figure 40 is an edge view of the unit shown in Figure 39, parts being in longitudinal section.

Figure 41 is a right hand elevation of the unit shown in Figure 40.

Figure 42 is a plan view of one of the body clamps.

Figure 43 is a central longitudinal section of the clamp shown in Figure 42.

Figure 44 is a detail rear elevation illustrating one of the seam clamps.

Figure 45 is a plan view of the clamp shown in Figure 44.

Figure 46 is a detail vertical cross section illustrating the Geneva brake.

Figure 47 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 41-41 on Figure 46.

Figure 48 is a fragmentary longitudinal section taken through the cam shaft driving pulley.

Figure 49 is a detail vertical cross section taken on the line 49-49 on Figure 48.

Figures 50, 51, 52, 53 and 54 are fragmentary perspective views illustrating the successive folds made in the formation of the bag or cup.

Figure 55 is a fragmentary horizontal section illustrating the function of the completed bag stripping rollers.

The machine illustrated in the accompanying drawings as an example of embodiment of the invention, comprises a frame structure generally designated A, a mandrel or form carrying turret B, suitable Geneva gearing C for indexing the turret station to station and presenting the forms to the various folding and other operating devices, a power unit D, a foil web supply unit generally designated E, a foil web feeding, cutting and pasting unit generally designated F which presents pasted blanks one by one to the turret mandrel presented at the receiving station, a first or side fold unit G, a second or bottom fold unit H, a Y-creasing unit I, and a finished bag stripping unit J.

The frame A The frame A comprises a base 5, a lower body portion 6 supported on the base, and an upper body portion 1 secured upon the portion 6. A hub bearing 8 is flange-secured as at 9 on the upper body portion 1 and provides the main bearing support for the turret B. The frame structure also includes a main web cutting and pasting mechanism supporting bracket IO-secured to and projecting longitudinally from the bottom frame portion 6, and which in turn serves as a support for a cutting mechanism supporting bracket II and a paste pot supporting bracket I2 both of which project forwardly in right angular relation to the bracket I0. See Figures 1, 3, 4 and 17 of the drawings.

The turret B 7 and the turret hub is equipped with eight radially disposed, equidistantly spaced mounting arms I5 each presenting a split socket clamp bearing I6 for receiving and securing the mounting shanks I'l projecting inwardly from the radially disposed hollow, box-like mandrels or forms I8. Each hollow mandrel is apertured as at I9 to break suction and facilitate removal of the completed bags from the form or mandrel, and is slightly tapered as at 20 to further facilitate such stripping. See Figures 1, 39, 40 and 41. Each mandrel or form unit also includes a pair of spaced forwardly directed mounting ears 2| and a similar pair of spaced rearwardly directed mounting ears 22, and each front and rear edge wall of each form or mandrel unit is equipped with a soft rubber wall insert 23, the purpose of which will later become apparent.

The Geneva drive equipment 6' The Geneva driving equipment includes a Geneva wheel 24 which is secured on the turret sleeve I4 and equipped with eight radial slots 25, one for each station to which the turret is to be indexed to serially present the forms or mandrels I8 carried thereon. The Geneva wheel also includes the usual peripheral locking recesses 26. Indexing movement is imparted to the wheel in the usual manner by a driving roller 21 engageable in the radial slots 25, and the usual Geneva lock 28 cooperates with the peripheral recesses 26 to secure the wheel between station to station movements thereof, and these driving roller and lock equipments 21 and 28 are carried by a driver cam shaft 29 rotatably supported in bearings 30 mounted on a bracket 31 secured to the lower frame body 6. Rotation is imparted to the driver cam shaft 29 by suitable belt and pulley equipment 32 from the drive unit D. See Figures 3, 4 and 29.

The shaft 29 and the turret structure can also be rotated by hand through the medium of a hand wheel 33 secured on a shaft 34 rotatable in bearings 35 supported on the bracket H and which is longitudinally shiftable to effect engagement or disengagement of a suitable clutch head with sprocket and chain drive connections 35 with the shaft 29.

Power unit D The power unit D includes a mounting casing 31, a drive motor 38 and any suitable speed change gearing 39 so that the speed at the power output sprocket forming a part of the drive connections generally designated 32 can be varied at will. The motor is supplied with power through suitable conductor lines 4%. See Figures 1 and 3.

Foil web supply unit E The foil web sup-ply unit E includes a mounting base 44 upon which is supported a pair of spaced frame standards 42 having vertical slots 43 therein for slidably receiving the trunnions .4 of the foil supply spool 45 which carries the supply foil web 46.

The supply roll rests upon a roller 4'! rotatably supported as at 48 in the standards 42. The trunnions of the roller 47 extend beyond their bearings and one is equipped with a hand wheel 48 and the other with a brake pulley 50 which is recessed to receive a friction disc opposed by a drive plate 52 constantly urged against the friction disc by a spring 53 interposed between the plate and an abutment collar 54 secured on the trunnion extension outwardly of said plate. The plate includes a drive sprocket 55 to which rotation is imparted through suitable chain and sprocket connections 5% with driving parts to be described hereinafter. By reason of the provision of the friction disc and plate equipments 5!, 52, the roller 47 normally rotates with the sprocket 55, but these parts are permitted to move relatively upon imposition of overloads.

A brake or drag arm 51 grips one trunnion 44 of the spool 45, and the free end of this arm engages a pin 58 stationarily supported upon the adjacent frame standard 42. The arm 51, held against movement by the pin 53, and frictionally gripping the trunnion 44, constantly deters rotation of the spool and serves to keep the peripheral layers of the web tight on the supply roll.

An idler roll 59 is supported in suitable extensions SD of the frame standards 2, and the foil web 46 extends from the upper portion of the supply roll over the idler roller 59 and downwardly therefrom, and thence upwardly in the manner illustrated in Figures 10 and 11 of the drawings, to form a loop 81. A web retracting and registering idler roll 62 rests in the loop 5! and is supported at the free ends of bail arms 63 pivoted as at 64 to the trunnions of the supply supporting roller 41. One of the arms 53 has one end of a brake band 65 secured thereto as at said brake band being passed over the brake pulley 53 and secured as at 61 to the adjacent frame standard 42. Thus gravity action on the arms 63 and idler roller 62 constantly tends to apply the brake 65 to the drum 5% and supporting roller 41. See Figures 10 to 13.

The foil feeding, cutting and pasting unit F This unit is best illustrated in Figures 3, and 14 through 21 of the drawings. A pair of hearing standards (it is mounted upon the left end portion of the rack l2 and provides trunnion bearing as at 69 for an idler roller 10 over which the upwardly extending portion of the foil web 46 passes in the manner illustrated in Figures 1 and 17. Adjacent the roller 10 the edges of the web 4'3 pass through slotted guide fingers H laterally-adjustably mounted on the standards 68 by slot and screw equipments 12. These guides serve to straighten out edge portions of the web that tend to curl and definitely position the web with relation to the roller 41.

The standards 66 also support upper and lower cross rods '53. The upper rod 13 supports an upper pair of longitudinal bars l4 bearing parallel spaced relation, and the lower rod supports a pair of similar lower bars 75, said upper and lower sets of bars being spaced to receive and guide the traveling web between them. The bars are supported on the rod by suitable Inountin brackets It. See Figures 14, 17 and 18.

Adjacent the foremost edge of the web another set of upper and lower cooperating guide bars or rails 71 and 78 are mounted, being supported by suitable brackets 79 on the rods 13.

All of the upper, rails M and 11 may be bridged by a cross rail 86 if desired, and at their delivery ends said rails or bars are secured to a suitable supporting bar 8! secured to a pair of opposed cutting and feeding mechanism frame standards 82 mounted on the frame bracket ll hereinbefore referred to. The lower rails or bars 15 and "it are supported through the medium of mounting brackets 8 3 on a cross rod 83 mounted on the frame standards 82.

A paste pot supporting bracket 85 is mounted on the frame bracket 12 and is equipped with a slide grooveway 86 at its upper end for slidably receiving the mounting slide til depending from the paste pot 88. The slide 87 may be secured in the slideway by suitable securing screw equipments 89. The paste pct 88 is generally L-shaped in plan, as shown in Figure 14, and includes a transverse well portion 98, a longitudinal well portion 9|, and a filling extension 92. The paste supply is illustrated at 93.

A slide standard 94 is supported upon the frame bracket 12 and includes a slideway 95 for vertically, slidably receiving the paste applicator slide 96 having a roller 9? projecting forwardly from its lower end and equipped at its upper end with a cross groove $8 in which a mounting head 99 is longitudinally, adjustably mounted. The head 99 includes an applicator supporting cross arm formed in two pieces lilil and I0! longitudinally, adjustably joined by slot and screw equipment Hi2, and the head 99 is adjustably secured in the cross groove 98 through the medium of a slot and screw equipment E53. See Figures lei, 17, 18 and 19.

The member Ill! carries a mounting head I84 at its forward extremity which includes a vertical grooveway I55 for receiving the head portion- 196 of an applicator blade carrier It? which is vertically adjustable in the grooveway il -5 through the medium of the slot and screw equipment I98, and includes an overhanging finger I99 equipped with an adjustable stop screw H engageable with the head I04 for determining the vertical positioning of the arm I01. See Figure 18.

At its lower end the arm I01 carries an angled bracket III to which is secured a transverse bar H2 adjustably supporting a plurality of upstanding applicator blades H3 suitably spaced to avoid gumming of the trackways by contact of pasted web portions, and a longitudinal applicator blade H4. See Figures 14, 18 and 21.

A bar H5 is secured along the front edge of the upper rail 11 and is slotted as at I I6 to cooperate with the longitudinal applicator blade H4 by supporting the foil web against the upward, paste applying thrust of said blade. A plate member II1 suitably apertured as at II6 similarly overlies the transverse applicator blades I I3 for cooperating therewith in the manner referred to in connection with the blade H4, said plate II1 being supported on a cross bar II9 having a cutout I20 for straddling the rails 14, said rails likewise being cutout as at I2I to accommodate positioning and movement of the plate II 1. The bar H9 is supported by a suitable bracket I22 at the free end of a mounting rod I23 adjustably slidable in a bracket I24 mounted on the upper rod 13. By reason of the provision of this equipment the cross bar II9 can be moved longitudinally of the unit F to compensate for blank length changes and for properly registering with the similarly adjustable applicator blade equipments. See Figures 14, 1'7, 18 and 21.

The slide 96 is vertically reciprooated for alternately picking up paste 93 from the pot 88 and applying it to the web 46, by a socketed lever I25 pivoted intermediate its ends as at I26 on a cross .shaft supported in the bearing standards 82. The socketed end of the lever receives the roller 91 of the slide, and at its opposite end said lever carries a roller I21 which rides in a groove in a plate cam I28, said groove including a partial lift portion I29 and a final lift portion I30 effective to lift the blade equipments to the paste applying position in two stages whereby the blades will pause prior to contact with the web and allow a draining off of surplus paste, and then move the remaining distance necessary to apply just the proper amount of paste to said web. The cam I28 is mounted on a shaft I3I rotatable in suitable bearings provided in the frame standards 82. See Figures and 17.

The foil web 46, guided by the upper and lower rail sets 14, 11 and 15, 18, passes over three lower rubber-rimmed feed rollers I32 which are constantly rotated and supported on a shaft I33 rotatable in the frame standards 82. The stationary rollers I 32 are opposed by upper, continuously rotating movable rollers I34 carried on a shaft I35 mounted in the free ends of a pair of lifter or crank arms I36 secured on a cross shaft I31 rockab-ly mounted in the standards 82. The shafts I33 and I35 carry constantly meshing gears I38, the teeth of which are long enough to permit separation of the opposed rollers I32 and I34, effected by upward swinging movement of the arms I36, without disturbing the constant rotation of said rollers.

The lowermost one of the gears I38 is driven by a gear I39 fixed upon the cam shaft I3I to which rotation is imparted through sprocket and chain connections I40 with the driver cam shaft 29 hereinbefore referred to. The shaft I3I also imparts movement to the power transmitting connections 56 and to the foil web supply supslot and screw equipments I65.

porting roller 41 with which they connect.

It will be noted by reference to Figures 3, 14, 15 and 16 of the drawings that the shaft I3I also carries a disc cam assembly I4I composed of two plates including dwell portions I42 and relatively adjustable about their axes, through the medium of slot and screw connections I43, for adjusting the effective length of cam dwell portion I42 compositely presented by said plates. The purpose of this plate cam structure will become apparent as the description progresses.

The bearing standards 82 also include vertical slideways I44 for slidably receiving a knife slide I45 to which a knife bar I46 is removably secured. The knife bar is cooperatively engageable with a ledger blade I41 removably supported on brackets I48 secured to the standards 82. The slide I45 is link-connected as at I49 with a pair of cranks I50 secured upon a shaft I5I rockably mounted in the standards 82. Rocking motion is imparted to the shaft I5I by a crank arm I52 secured thereon and having a roller engaged in a suitable face groove in a knife operating cam I53 secured upon the shaft I3I hereinbefore referred to. It will be obvious that as the shaft I3I is rotated, its rotary motion will be transmitted through the cam I53, cranks I52, I50 and links I49 in the form of vertical reciprocatory motion to the slide I45.

A bracket I54 is secured across the tops of and braces the frame brackets 82, and this bracket I54 includes a longitudinally extended and slotted portion I55 on which a head I56 is adjustably mounted. See Figures 14 and. 17. The head I56 rockably supports a shaft I51 which extends fore and aft of the head and has an arm I58 secured to each end thereof. The arms I58 are centered over the rails 14 and each includes a depending bifurcated bearing I59 movable in a slotway I60 formed in the respective rail 14 and which carries a roller I6I adapted to ride on the foil web passing between the upper and lower rails 14 and 15. The rollers I6I are engageable with the foil web directly over longitudinal clearances I62 formed in the upper surface of the lower rails 15, as shown in Figures 14 and 17 of the drawings.

It will be noted by reference to Figure 27 of the drawings that the web 46 is provided at equidistantly spaced intervals marking blank lengths with pairs of laterally aligned slits I63. These slits form a part of a blank registering equipment forming a feature of the invention and by pro- .vision of which severance of the blanks from the web at the positions of the slits and in a manner for properly displaying artistic dressing included on the blanks is assured.

As the web passes over the rails 15 the rollers I6I engaging the webs at the positions of the slits I63 depress lip portions of the web into the grooveways I62 for engagement with blank registering abutment plates I64 adjustably positioned in the grooveways through the medium of The amount of pressure to be exerted by the rollers for web lip depressing purposes can be adjusted through the medium of the counterweight equipment I66 mounted on each arm I58.

Short web supporting and guiding rails I61 are mounted just beyond the lower feed rollers I32 on a cross bar I68 supported on the brackets 62.

A crank arm I69 is secured upon the shaft I31 and has a roller I10 at the free end thereof adapted to ride on the peripheral edges of the plate cam ml to be alternately lifted and lowered for alternately lifting and lowering the feed rollers I34 out of driving engagement with the Web by the adjustable dwell portions I42 of said cam equipment. It will be readily understood that although the opposed web feed rollers I32, I34 are constantly rotated they will feed the web only when the upper rollers I 34 engage the web in opposition to the lower rollers I32.

the web, feeding of the web is discontinued despite the fact that continuous rotation of the upper and lower rollers is not disturbed.

The constantly rotating upper and lower sets of feed rollers I34, I32 grip the foil web as between them and feed it toward the turret, drawing the web over the idler rollers 13, 82 and 53 and being aided somewhat by the sprocket and chain driven slip clutch equipped supporting As has been hereinbefore mentioned,

ers and to apply the brake 65 to grip the drum 58 each time a sufiicient amount of foil web has been fed from the supply roll to' keep step with the feeding movement imparted by the sets of rollers I34, I32.

The adjustable blank registering abutment plates I34 are placed so that the abutment edges thereof are spaced from the cutting plane of the knife elements Mt, I il the exact length of a blank, or, in other Words, the distance between blank defining, spaced sets of transverse web slits N33. The transverse paste applying blade equipments II'3 are spaced from the abutment edges of the plates I634 just short of the length of a blank so as to properly position the applied paste 7, spots closely adjacent but inwardly of the trailof the length of a blank, or, in other words, a r

set of transverse slits in the web is fed just beyond the cutting plane. At this instant the roller I'lll carried by the actuating crank I69 is engaged by the adjusted plate cam dwell portion I42 and the crank arms I36 are swung upwardly a distance sufiicient to disengage the upper set of feed rollers I34 from the web 46. This upward movement of the rollers is sufficient to discontinue feed gripping of the web but is insufficient to separate the gears I38 and discontinue rotation of the upper rollers I34. As soon as the upper rollers I34 are removed from gripping engageznent with the web 45, the web is drawn backwardly the slight distance necessary to permit the lips depressed by the rollers IBI to engage the web registering abutment edges of the plates ltd, and at the instant this registry occurs the knif M8 descends and properly severs the blank extended beyond the ledger blade and overlying the turret form or mandrel It at rest at the blank receiving station, as indicated in Figure 17 of the drawings. The parts are also timed so that each time a blank is registered in the manner stated and during an interval of rest of Whenever the upper feed rollers I 34 are lifted slightly .off'

the web with the blankin the registered position, the paste applicator blade equipments H3, '4 are moved upwardly to suitably apply paste to the under surface of a blank portion later to be cut. As has been previously explained, the movement of the blade equipments toward the web is made in two steps, a rest interval serving to drain off surplus paste preceding the final movement of the equipments into contact with the web so as to avoid excessive paste applications. It will be observed by reference to Figure 17 that the blank being cut is positioned over the receiving form or mandrel I8, the next blank portion to be registered and cut is disposed between the roller sets I 34, I32, and a succeeding blank portion to be cut is positioned for receiving paste. It will be understood that suitable adjustment of the feed controlling cam equipments I41, I42, I43 .are'made to compensate for any adjustments of the abutment plate I64, rollers I 6I, and paste applying blade equipments H3, H4 so as to attain the desired feeding and registering cooperation of these parts.

The first or side fold um't G As has been herein-before stated, the eight forms or mandrels I8 carried by the turret are serially presented at eight successive stations. Station #1, the receiving station at which the foil blanks are received by the forms or mandrels, is a horizontal station, and when at this station each form or mandrel is so positioned that the upper or advance surface thereof is on a level with the cutting edge of the ledger blade I4! and forms a supporting shelf for the blank severed by the blades I46, I41. At station #2, whereat the mandrel is positioned at an angle of 45, the side folding of the blank about the form or mandrel is effected. At station #3, a

. vertical station, the bottom of the bag is formed about the end or outer extremity of the form or mandrel, and at station #4 the bottom folds are given a roll press and the side seam formed by the first or side folding which takes place at station #2 is setby rollingcontact of an arm carried roller to be described in detail hereinafter. As the respective mandrels pass from station #4 to station #5, another horizontal station, the bottom folds are given additional rolling pressure by stationarily supported rollers, and at stations #5 and #fi the latter another 45 angle station, the bottom folds are additionally press-set by oscillatable arm carried plates. The Y-creasing unit I to be describedin detail hereinafter is also located at station #6 and operates during the rest interval of the mandrels or forms at this station to Y-crease the sides of the bag adjacent the mouth thereof, and at #7, another vertical station, the completed bags are stripped from the forms or mandrels by the stripping unit J also to be described in detail hereinafter. Station #8, another 45 station, is a dead station through which the stripped mandrels pass in transit to the blank receiving station #1.

The' first or side fold unit G positioned at station #2 is supported on an extension I'II of the upper frame portion I, a suitable mounting bracket I12 being secured to said extension and serving to rockably support a shaft I13 to which a rocking motion is imparted during each rest interval of the turret through the medium of a crank I14 secured on the shaft, and pitman and roller connections I15 with a grooved plate cam I16 mounted on-thecam shaft 29. 

